Last night (9/5/09), Ross Ohlendorf struck out the side against St. Louis inthe 7th inning on just nine pitches. It marked the 43rd time inBaseball history that the feat had been pulled off; and Ohlendorf became the 40th man to accomplish it. Card batters were K. Greene, J. Lugo and J. La Rue)

We'll be hearing a lot in the coming days about the Bucs having a losing record for 17 straight seasons, breaking the 16-year mark held by the Phillies. Here is best how we Pirate fans can rebut:

Only Padres and Devil Rays are worse than Phils, who are 115 years older than Tampa Bay and 86 years older than San Diego. The best way to measure it: Philadelphia is 1,132 games below .500 and they would need to go unbeaten for 7 consecutive 162-game seasons to level the scales!